AN INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS A LIGHT TO TURN ON, AND REMAIN ON, WITH THE ISSUANCE OF EACH AMBER ALERT UNTIL THE ALERT IS RESCINDED, OR 24 HOURS HAVE PASSED; WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.

all the things you felt safe from in your youth, but from which I was powerless to protect you...temporarily diffused only by the empty gestures and reassurances I could offer myself to willfully believe otherwise.